Mr. Chair, through you to Mr. Badawey, I appreciate what he's saying. I believe item (d) accommodates the type of situation that he has brought up. If we're in a situation as a committee where there is some sort of sensitive topic that deserves a confidential treatment, the committee can choose to go in camera by unanimous consent. The members of the committee can use their discretion in terms of the public interest, maximizing transparency.
What we don't want to see is in camera meetings used to discuss matters that may be difficult for some members to talk about in the public realm but are in the public interest to have the public see our discussions and hear our questioning, and so on.
I think these clauses accommodate the kind of situation that Mr. Badawey has indicated. Certainly coming from local government in British Columbia I know there are very strict provisions for the circumstances in which local governments can go in camera. We should have similar parameters for our committee so that those in camera meetings aren't misused.